The People v. Lennie Frankline

The majority identifies two “defects necessary for reversible error” in this case, namely, that the trial court abused its discretion in failing to limit testimony that defendant assaulted the victim approximately one week before the instant crimes occurred, and that such error “substantially prejudiced the defendant so as to foreclose a determination of harmlessness” (majority mem at 1117). The majority also concludes that both of those defects are not present here (see id.). In doing so, the majority has determined that the trial court erred with respect to the volume of evidence it…